The Bottineau pioneer. (Bottineau, N.D.) 1885-1895, 1887-11-17
Told III Detail.

Louis Lingg, the true arch-anarchist
and human tiger attempted To-
commit suicide in his cell at Ave min
utes before 8 o'clock this morning BY.
blowing his face to pieces with a can.
die loaded with dynamite and a. full
mlnatlng cap. His face was blown
out OF all semblance of human shape.
The violent act was affected with q
candle loaded with dynamite. He lit
the wick and placed the candle ii his
mouth.
Lingg had acted about as usual all
the morning, and there was no reason
to expect any event SO startling. At
the time mentioned, q report startled
everyone in the jail. Mr.. Osborne, the
death watch, at once located tho
sound in Lingg's cell. The door.Was
opened instantly, and Lingg was found
lying on his back. The cell was spat.
tered with blood, and the air was
heavy with smoke and the smell OF
dynamite. The explosion was heard
all over the jail, where it echoed
through the corridors and cells within
hollow BOOM and for a moment
there was almost a papic.
The bleeding but yet breathing body
was carried into the Jail Office and DR..
Fenger summoned. He, with other
physicians, at once took steps to
stem the fast flowing life tide and had
some hope OF saving his life for the
hangnlan. Parsons was at once taxi.
en- out OF his cell and searched. A
candle, loaded in a similar n amer to
the one used, was found III Lincc's
cell. The tallow had been poured
around O dynamite cartridge. These
candles had been passed into the Jail
and might have been used by all the
men SO far rs is known.
Everything in the cell was in great
disorder and spatted with blood. IA
representative of the United Press
met Miss Van Zandt at the door and
told her what Lingg had done. She
staggered back q step, pressed her
hand to her heart, and pasped.
What Upon being assured that
1t was indeed true she exclaimed
with great agitation: my Godl Has
it come to this?n The deputy sherIffs
and bailiffs were SO excited that they
hardly knew what to do.
Lingg was q horrible sight. He
looked calmly at those around him,
but Of course could not talk. Dr.
Gray thinks he will recover, but It
will take q long time and he will never
be able to speak. Sheriff Madison
says the wounded man will be hanged
tomorrow, if alive then, unless tho
governor shall reprive him.
Immediately alter the explosion,
Deputy O'Neil rushed into Lingg's cell,
which was completely enveloped in
smoke. There he found the
young anarchist lying on his back
with great holes in his head, from
which the blood was rushing in tor
rents. He Was at once carried into
the Jail Office and placed on a table.
He was still breathing family. and
while DR.. Gray was examining him, he
coughed slightly,and the sbloodpoured
forth again from his terrible wounds
and from his mouth and nose. The
physician said the man could but live
an hour or SO at the most, and he ex-
poets his death every minute.
After awhile Jailer Folz made an ex-
animation Of the cell. On the noorhe
found q shell OF O Illuminating cap.
The sheriff said there had undoubtedly
been dynamitein it. The superstition
that the man put the shell in his
mouth, and deliberately applied the
candle flame is undoubtedly correct.
The explosion was terrific. it startled
the officials. who thought it was a
bomb, the noise was SO great. The
shell was so small as to have allowed
the smuggling OF it into the Jail with
out trouble.
At 1918 DR.. Gray made further.
examination and found that the It's.
ues Of the throat, the neck and front
of tho jaw had been torn away. He
administered stlmulants, but they
failed to rouse the man, yet the doc
tor states now thatthere is d faint.
possibilitythatL inggg mayyetrecover.